Monday, June 24, 2013

Welcome back for week 2 of the fortnight challenge with Smudgy Antics!

For this challenge we want to see how you ladies and gents can incorporate DRIPPINGinto your projects. The more creative and out of the box the better! We want to see how far you can take this challenge. The more imaginative, the better your chances of a win. If you have no clue what to do, you may use any medium that drips (faux blood, water colors, paints, enamels, etc). You can use an image that has dripping on it (a zombie with dripping blood, a monster with dripping saliva, etc). You may even use punches or die-cuts with a dripping edge. There are so many ways to apply dripping to your projects so there is no excuse NOT to play along with us.Please refer to the left side bar for a reminder of the rules. If your stamping is not evident, please explain where or how your stamped image was used in your project.

Pictured below is some inspiration from the remainder of the Smeared Ink DT.

You may click on the individual pictures for a larger view and you can visit any of the designers' blogs by clicking on the names above the project pictures.

I highly suggest visiting the designers' blogs as you can learn tips and tricks on how each lady made her project.

Remember, be sure read and follow the rules in the left sidebar and link your project to Inlinkz by Midnight PST on Saturday June 29th, 2013 to qualify for a prize then check back on Sunday evening (June 30th, 2013)

for the chosen winner.

If you are not of fan of digi images, perhaps you would like to put your winning gift voucher towards an 8.5" x 11" sheet of deeply etched, unmounted rubber instead? Yep. Smeared Ink's Rubber is BACK! Check out the Smeared Ink Rubber Club for more information.

If you like our challenges, why not head over to theSmeared and Smudged Forum? Smeared and Smudged offers several monthly challenges with prizes, monthly blog hops, monthly ATC swaps, Holiday Swaps, and the Monthly

Monday, June 17, 2013

For this challenge we want to see how you ladies and gents can incorporate DRIPPINGinto your projects. The more creative and out of the box the better! We want to see how far you can take this challenge. The more imaginative, the better your chances of a win. If you have no clue what to do, you may use any medium that drips (faux blood, water colors, paints, enamels, etc). You can use an image that has dripping on it (a zombie with dripping blood, a monster with dripping saliva, etc). You may even use punches or die-cuts with a dripping edge. There are so many ways to apply dripping to your projects so there is no excuse NOT to play along with us.Please refer to the left side bar for a reminder of the rules. I will give you the short version here: You MUST use a stamped image (real or digi), you must be or become a follower of Smudgy Antics to qualify for a prize, and although collage sheets can be used to enhance your projects, they do NOT count as a stamped imagedso be sure to incorporate stamping in some way. If your stamping is not evident, please explain where or how your stamped image was used in your project. You must also link back to Smudgy Antics.

Pictured below is some inspiration from the first half of the Smeared Ink DT. We will post a challenge reminder next week with examples from

the remainder of the team.

You may click on the individual pictures for a larger view and you can visit any of the designers' blogs by clicking on the names above the project pictures.

I highly suggest visiting the designers' blogs as you can learn tips and tricks on how each lady made her project.

Remember, be sure read and follow the rules in the left sidebar and link your project to Inlinkz by Midnight PST on Saturday June 29th, 2013 to qualify for a prize then check back on Sunday evening (June 30th, 2013)

for the chosen winner.

If you are not of fan of digi images, perhaps you would like to put your winning gift voucher towards an 8.5" x 11" sheet of deeply etched, unmounted rubber instead? Yep. Smeared Ink's Rubber is BACK! Check out the Smeared Ink Rubber Club for more information.

If you like our challenges, why not head over to theSmeared and Smudged Forum? Smeared and Smudged offers several monthly challenges with prizes, monthly blog hops, monthly ATC swaps, Holiday Swaps, and the Monthly

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Many thanks to everyone who enter our TEXTURE challenge this fortnight, we had gorgeous, varied entries.
Once again it was difficult to choose a winner but we managed and our winner is .........LISA HALL.

Lisa created this most beautifully textured canvas.... everything about it is just perfect.

Well done .......LISA .... congratulations ......you have won a voucher for SMEARED INK store and a WINNERS BLOG BADGE.... please contact us at smudgyantics@gmail.com

Monday, June 10, 2013

Welcome back for week 2 of the fortnight challenge with Smudgy Antics!

For this challenge we want to see more than just paper, glue and ink.

We want to see TEXTURE and lots of it!We want you guys and gals to create projects that make us want to reach through the computer screen and touch everything we see! The more creative the better! We love it when you guys and gals think outside of the box and make something with that extra "WOW" factor!

Of course we must address the fine print. Although the focus of the challenge is to use TEXTURE,you must still use a stamped image (real or digi) and you must follow the rules posted on the left sidebar of the challenge blog to be in the running for a prize. Collage sheets may be used to enhance your project, but they do NOT count as a stamped image so make sure you use a stamp of some sort in your final piece.This is the last week to play along with the TEXTURE challenge.

Pictured below is some inspiration from the remainderof the Smeared Ink DT.

You may click on the individual pictures for a larger view and you can visit any of the designers' blogs by clicking on the names above the project pictures.

I highly suggest visiting the designers' blogs as you can learn tips and tricks on how each lady made her project.

Remember, be sure read and follow the rules in the left sidebar and link your project to Inlinkz byMidnight PST on Saturday June 15th, 2013to qualify for a prize then check back on Sunday evening (June 16th, 2013)

for the chosen winner.

If you are not of fan of digi images, perhaps you would like to put your winning gift voucher towards an 8.5" x 11" sheet of deeply etched, unmounted rubber instead? Yep. Smeared Ink's Rubber is BACK! Check out the SmearedInk Rubber Club for more information.

Monday, June 3, 2013

We want to see TEXTURE and lots of it! We want to you guys and gals to create projects that make us want to reach through the computer screen and touch everything we see! The more creative the better. We love it when you guys and gals think outside of the box and make something with that extra "WOW" factor.

Of course we must address the fine print. Although the focus of the challenge is to use TEXTURE,you must still use a stamped image (real or digi) and you must follow the rules posted on the left sidebar of the challenge blog to be in the running for a prize. Collage sheets may be used to enhance your project, but they do NOT count as a stamped image so make sure you use a stamp of some sort in your final piece.

Pictured below is some inspiration from the first half of the Smeared Ink DT.

We will post a challenge reminder next week with examples from

the remainder of the team.

You may click on the individual pictures for a larger view and you can visit any of the designers' blogs by clicking on the names above the project pictures.

I highly suggest visiting the designers' blogs as you can learn tips and tricks on how each lady made her project.

Remember, be sure read and follow the rules in the left sidebar and link your project to Inlinkz byMidnight PST on Saturday June 15th, 2013to qualify for a prize then check back on Sunday evening (June 16th, 2013)

for the chosen winner.

If you are not of fan of digi images, perhaps you would like to put your winning gift voucher towards an 8.5" x 11" sheet of deeply etched, unmounted rubber instead? Yep. Smeared Ink's Rubber is BACK! Check out the Smeared Ink Rubber Club for more information.

The Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop is June 4th, 2013 which starts at 9am pacific time and there are prizes to be won for those that hop. It is one of the biggest and best blog hops of the year! This year we have 45 bloggers!

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Many thanks to everyone who enter our FEATHERS AND /OR FUR challenge this fortnight, we didnt have any entries who combined both...... or used fur.
Once again it was difficult to choose a winner but we managed and our winner is ...........PAPER WHIMS (wendy).

PAPER WHIMS entered our challenge twice.... both projects are stunning but the one that caught most of our eyes was THE RAVEN.... the altered games piece with Poe.... stunning! Below is the gorgeous card, simply elegant.

Well done .......PAPER WHIMS (wendy) .... congratulations ......you have won a voucher for SMEARED INK store and a WINNERS BLOG BADGE.... please contact us at smudgyantics@gmail.com

Smudgy Antics Challenges

Our fabulous Smeared Ink DT

*To participate, you must make a NEW project that features at least 1 STAMPED or DIGI IMAGE... FROM SMEARED INK ,add it to the post using the Inlinkz linky. Any other supplies and images may be used. Your link MUST take us directly to your project on a PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE blog or website, or it will be disqualified - so please make sure you're linking to your actual post. It must be linked by midnight Pacific Time on the scheduled end date, which will be three days before the end of the month. You must use a new project; back-linking is NOT allowed.

*Your project can be anything (card, scrapbook page, mixed media, altered or 3-D item, etc) as long as it is handmade and stamped somewhere with at least 1 rubber or digital stamp....from SMEARED INK . We have taken into consideration our digital artist fans and will be allowing all-digi projects. Please note that while collage sheet images can be used in your project, the collage image does NOT count as a stamped image. You still need to use a rubber or digital stamp somewhere on your project. Feel free to think outside the box and have fun with your project! We are all about looking at things differently and look forward to the variety of projects and mediums we are sure to see.

*You can only enter the challenge and qualify for a prize if you are, or become, a follower of the Smudgy Antics blog. Also, you must mention Smudgy Antics in your blog post and provide a link to our blog. This helps others to find us so they may play along as well.

*Multiple projects are allowed as long as each project follows the rules. Each project must be linked individually into the Inlinkz linky tool and must link to it's own individual blog post in order to be considered as separate entries. (Multiple projects in one blog post will be considered as 1 entry).

*The winner will be chosen by RANDOM DRAW and will be revealed on the last day of the month. The winner will get BOTH the prize and a winner's blog button to display on their blog. A TOP 3 will be voted for by the DT and shall get a WINNERS BLOG BUTTON... Only the best projects will win TOP 3 so bring your A-game!